2008 Topps U & H Hobby Box break: packs 5 & 6

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Ampersands rule.

Disclaimer: Base cards may be depicted as Gold or Black bordered parallels. I just needed the image.

Pack 5

UH212 Guillermo Mota

According to the back, Mota was acquired by the Brewers because he held the record for most innings pitched without giving up a run at Miller Park (17 and 1/3). How long as a Brewer before he gave up his first run at Miller Park? 1/3 of an inning.

Ah, yes, the classic combo of Adrian Gonzalez and Matt Holiday, or Gonziday, as I like to call them. Year from now as we recall the All Star game of 2008, and we will talk of Gonziday as our fathers speak of Ruth and Gehrig or Spahn and Sein.

The Sabathia black parallel (26 is half his jersey – A TRUE ONE OF ONE!) was mispacked and sticking up out of the rest of the cards, which exposed it to it’s foe. It also appears to have been cut from it’s sheet with dull hedge clippers. This is the first time I’ve ever gotten a damaged numbered card from Topps. Upper Deck hand numbered a replacement the last time I sent them one, but that was years ago. Anyone know what Topps’ policy on replacing numbered cards?